UPL533 RESEARCH METHODS AND ETHICS IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
| Course Code: | 8110533 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3(3-0) |
| ECTS Credit: | 6.0 |
| Department: | Urban Policy Planning And Local Governments |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall and Spring Semesters. |
Course Content
This course is designed to ensure that students gain knowledge, awareness and sensitivity on basic ethical principles and to help students develop their abilities in applying ethical issues by using statistical ethics. The course also extends students knowledge on research types commonly used in social sciences. The course also targets to develop students skills on research planning.Specifically, the course covers the following topics: What are science and scientific ethics? History of science and ethics; what is statistics? What are the role and place of statistics in research ethics?Basic statistical concepts (population, sample, dependent and independent variables, variable types etc); data collection methods; Research types in the field of social sciences; Research planning and stages; Sampling methods and appropriate sample size; Sources of error in research; Scientific research plan/proposal preparation; Ethics, principal of research ethics, ethics in statistics; Ethical issues in research; Scientific integrity and misconduct, violation of publishing ethics (fabrication, falsification, or plagiarisim in proposing, performing, or reviewing research or in reporting research results); Publication bias, conflict of interest, ethics and editorship; Responsibilities and duties of research ethics committees.